Saturday Photo: What the Champs des possibles Was Like Before CP Trashed It
This picture was taken a couple of years ago in early summer when a former industrial site was beginning to bloom. These are the Champs des possibles, acquired by the…
October 2014
Wow…..
So, we received an email at the ARC email account today. Given the subsequent emails we have received it appears we are not the only ones who received it. That…
TC Norris quoted in New Ekos poll on iPoltics
I was quoted in this new iPolitics post regarding a new Ekos poll, which has very unfavourable numbers for Stephen Harper: Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are well out in front with…
Janice Macalister – Running for CVRD Director Area E
Janice Macalister Running for CVRD Director Area E Vote November 15th at the Eagles Hall I have lived in the Cowichan Valley for 22 years, the last five in Sahtlam…
Party of One: The Book That Will Help Destroy Stephen Harper
Eight years ago when I started attacking Stephen Harper and his ghastly Con regime, it sometimes felt lonely out there.Almost nobody, and certainly nobody in the MSM, was attacking him…
John Tory, the leading Conservative Party candidate for Toronto…
John Tory, the leading Conservative Party candidate for Toronto mayor, has gotten endorsements from the Conservative Toronto Sun (after they previously promoted the Ford brothers), the Conservative Globe and Mail,…
Something Amazing in B.C. Just Happened with Solar Energy
This article originally appeared on the B.C. Sustainable Energy Association website. It’s known as “the warm land,” and as soon as you get off the highway Vancouver Island’s Cowichan Valley…
Beauty Pageants and the BC Liberals
There are no words. 2 former @HyackFestival Miss New West girls and 1 former Miss White Rock now working for Today's @bcliberals pic.twitter.com/dHUctYlBrE — Kirsten Hamilton (@kirstenmay13) September 21, 2014…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Thomas Frank reviews Zephyr Teachout’s Corruption in America, and finds there’s even more reason to worry about gross wealth buying power than…
CFRN at 60: When TV really mattered.
Once upon a time, there was something called local TV. It was made up — quite literally — on the spot, live. Looking back on it today, it was probably…
We Dodged a Bullet – This Time.
The floudering of the Russian bulk carrier, Simushir, is bound to become some sort of benchmark for the debate over tanker safety off the British Columbia coast. It shouldn’t. Here’s…
But Wait! Some Pundit Said Something About Gaffes!!!
Exclusive – While a general election must be held within a year, the Liberals Justin Trudeau continue to lead in voting intentions of Canadians. According to an EKOS survey CBC…
Michael Harris’ New Book
Veteran journalist and current national affairs columnist for iPolitics, Michael Harris, has just had his new book on Stephen Harper published. While the 500-page tome, entitled Party of One: Stephen…
Dig faster!!!
Shorter Greg Rickford: It has come to my attention that after eight years of propagandizing for pipelines and demonizing anybody who points out environmental concerns, nobody considers Conservatives to be…
Justin’s book written by the choir.
Nobody expects that Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s puff piece that has just been published is actually written by him. It comes as a shock though when he describes the process…
Naturalists Targeted by Canada Revenue Agency
First they came for the environmentalists and the activists. Then they came for the scientists. Then they came for those who fight poverty, and help the poor. Now they’ve come…
Stephen Harper and the Deadly Politics of Ebola
The scene couldn't have been more ironic or more appalling. For even as the Ebola epidemic raged out of control, and Oxfam sent out a desperate call for more boots…
The Oliver Stone Rossiyskaya Gazeta interview: Ukraine, US media bias, Putin, MH-17 and more
American film director, Oliver Stone, recently gave a lengthy interview to the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta. He is in the region helping to produce a documentary with the title Ukraine…
New Democrats yesterday were ready for Rachel – can Albertans reach the same conclusion?
Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley, about to be interviewed by the media, moments after her victory speech in Edmonton yesterday. Below: Three scenes from yesterday’s NDP leadership convention, one of…